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:rolleyes: my gate way gp6-400 is doing some wierd stuff. it has a intel p2 500mhz processor.the frt. hhd & power lites come on & stay on when i plug it in. the floppy won't lite up, & i know for a fact the hhd won't spinup either. no beeps …

[B]I just reformatted my PC and installed windows XP Pro. Everything went fine and the computer was working. Suddenly my USB mouse broke so I have to change the mouse. Unfortunately there was no USB mouse available so I shut down the PC and plugged in my PS2 mouse. It …

I just installed XP on my computer. I did a fresh installation, not install it over an existing OS. Now my sound card won't work. Everything looks like it should run when I looked in Control Panel. But still I get no sound. I even deleted the sound card in …

I am also looking for a good fan controller and temp guide etc. It can be 5.25 or 3.5 size. What does anyone recommend? Thanks again.

I am building five computers for a school to save them some money. I have tried different cases and they are not created equal that's for sure. You do get what you pay for. I have come to like the antec line with their nice ps and good build quality. …

i'm not sure if this item has ever been adressed but, i can't get the disk drive on my g4 to open....i press the button(top right corner of keyboard) and no response....i tried rebooting and still no results. Any suggestions on how to solve this even if just temporarily are …

I don't want a computer with a window side panel and I don't want some crazy looking design. I want a computer that will hold back as much noise as possible. What is the quietest one out there????

Next day after the lighting i turned my computer on and it didn't work. I knew the grafic on the motherboard was gone (burned by lighting). I though to by a new computer but all my important information were still on hard disk. So I got a new parts: Motherboard-Chaintech …

Hi guys, I came across your site whilst looking for answers to my building nightmare. It's my first go at building a PC (for my mother dearest) from scratch... you seem to know your onions, try and help me solve this badboy :rolleyes: I've read your guide on the forum. …

I've had a machine lying around for awhile now and recently decided to install Fedora on it. It used to run redhat fine, but I haven't used the pc in over a year. Sometimes, the computer just sits at a black screen with no signal being sent to the monitor. …

my graphic fan sounds as like it is speeding up and slowing down and the screen looks like a tartan kilt (artifacts) i think is the word so took sidepanel off and had a mooch. it was still spinning fast touched it hot as in 3 or 4 seconds burning …

ok just a discussion tell me in your opinion who is better for graphics at this time is ATI better or NVIDIA? EXAMPLE; whos better to use for the next gen games like quake 4 or call of duty 2 all posts will be read and appreciated cheers guys for …

hi, im underclocking my como because i leave it overnight to run small programs, downloading primarily. well i decided to underclock it since i dont need the ghz and all. and im thinking that underclocking will lessen the temp on the cpu, well it did by 9 celcius. im jsut …

Just got this software from snap media called beyond tv version 3.53. Setup was no problem, but there seems to be a 3 sec delay on steaming video voice and video in sync, but video is delay by 3 sec a real pain if you have to do any kind …

I'm in a lot of trouble now. My neighbor's PC was acting really really slow, couldn't open this and that and AV had conflict, etc. So I volunteered myself to be Mr. Fix-it and took the PC home, wiped the drive, and starting to reinstall everything. After installing a known …

I just bought a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ with 512 of RAM And I tried my Doom 3 game but it sucked graphics wise :cry: So please can someone tell what graphics card should I get to play my game with no problems, thank you. :mrgreen:

Alright, I need some suggestions. I've recently upgraded my mobo to an ASUS A8V Deluxe, and Processor to an Athlon 64 3000+. I've had a Radeon 9800 PRO for awhile and the older system ran games without any problems until now. Additional relevant specs: 450W PSU (just upgraded) 512 Megs …

My Asus A7V333-X motherboard will not boot. I have A AMD Athlon processor and 256MB of PC2100. The problem is nothing appears on the screen when I turn it on. I have checked the graphics card and concluded that is not the problem. It has to be the moterboard or …

I have sitting here a compaq presario 5000 series machine (gotta love em)....one of the 2 cdroms (on is a burner) shows up in cmos. and I can boot a cd from it. However whenever your in windows (xp pro)....neither of them are there. In device manager, one of the …

When I built my PC, and had everything hooked up, I tried to use both my optical drives and got a BSOD talking about a Machine Check Exception. Disconnecting one of the drives solved this. I looked around and discovered it is because my power supply is too small. However, …

Okay, my computer comes on and everything and displays well, like it shows the the eMachines (the maker of the PC) screen and then it freezes up. Of course the eMachines page is the very screen to come up, I am lost, the front of the PC case is damaged …

I just got a new XFX Geforce FX 5200 128mb video card. For some reason, when I put in my new card and turn on the computer, the monitor shows nothing. It is as if it does not recognize that my card is in. The monitor works fine with the …

Hi guys, Today i decided to delete files i didn't need and for some reason i deleted a folder called SonyUSB which i thought was for my old digital camera but it turns out it was for my CD rom and DVD rom or some crap..I dont fully understand. I …

G'day!here's the problem. I was listening to music on my comp and it suddenly froze,i then thought it was just lagging so i just wait a few sec than it crash,the screen turned off and fan and everything stopped but the light on machine still on,i than press restart than …

Hey all says the new face! Systems specs Athlon AMD XP 2500 KT600-A K7FSB 400 ECS 1x512mb Infineon 1x256mb Kingmax(both DDR400 PC3200) Audigy 2 Gigabyte x800pro 40gig 7200 Sata ATX-320W/P4 PSU My problem started when i started upgrading my comp(which ive had now for about 2years). The board, 40 gig …

I want to buy new parts for a computer in the next 2 month. I was looking at the radeon X850XT but was wondering if it would be too limited by the CPU. If I bought a P4 3.4ghz or 3.6ghz and 2GB of DDR2 533mhz RAM, would the video …

A friend of mine has a VA3000SNA case, where the two fans are rated at 21dB. However they make a noise like a hurricane, which is amplified by the honeycomb grille of the case. The grilles will be replaced, but I'd like a fan controller to lower the speeds slightly …

If any of you had to decide between buying a "Intel P4 3.6E 1MB (560) 800FSB LGA775" for CAN$ 537.00 and a "Intel P4 3.4GHz 2MB (650) 800FSB LGA775" for CAN$ 527.00. What would you choose and why? The first is running at 200mhz faster but has half the cache …

[B]I have a Fujitsu notebook...a Lifebook 142 that someone gave me a while back and I just got around to looking at it and it works!....It has windows 2000 Pro on it but I do not know the password to get past the Login screen!...I know this is a dangerous …

I now got a new machine, my M/B thinks my cpu start at about 160 degrees farenheit, and shoots up to 320 degrees fareinheit, yet my programs say my CPU's temperature is in the negatives! I have 2 intake fans, 4 out-take (2 in back of case, 2 on side …

:sad: I am about to hall my hear out! Someone please Help. I have a new ASUS P5GD1 and a new SATA drive. The MB only has a Primary IDE controller (Blue), NO Secondary. It has a Primary and secondary RAID controler and 4 SATA controllers. I have 120mb Seagate …

HI! I've had a friend ask for my help, but not sure what's wrong; *OH bought an external hardrive, he formatted it, the pc is recognising it ok but the thing is it's supposed to have 160GB on it and it's only showing up as 1.99GB, anyone know what the …

Hi all, just a quickie, What is a Sleeve bearing Fan and a Ball Bearing fan? i have 1 each of these, so whats better? whats the difference? i seem to think ball bearing is better cos ive seen it more but im not at all sure anybody fill me …

I have a Micro ATX form mother board, however I think I need a PSU specially designed for matx. Is this true?

Hi I need some help figuring out the specifics to adding a second harddrive or at least geting a larger one.I am unsure though of I what I would need as I am not too experienced.Things like the max size my os would recognize etc... Here are my PC specs …

HI, I'm building a computer and is doing this for experiment and learning. I'm getting ready to install the motherboard in the case. I was told NOT to use washer for motherboard and was told TO use it? I am confused on what to do about it. I have setup …

[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2]I am building my 2nd kit (built 1st one in 99 - still going strong but it won't run either Deus X2 or 1/2Life2 so...). My first question: is it worth $100 to buy the cpu/MoBo/memory pre-built and tested (with free 2nd day shipping)? Would it be better to go …

My computer's Windows XP OS recently "crashed" so I put in a new hard drive with Windows ME OS. I've installed everything with the replacement hard drive, but for some reason I can't get it to recognize my other hard drives that have information written from the XP OS. The …

can ny1 help me my DVD re writer wont boot the WIN XP Pro OS cd. Help

my dell xps removable d drive is vibrating faily loudly. it didnt do it in the beggining, but once i have taken it out a couple of times it now vibrates. just wondering if this is a problem, and if it is, what i can do about it. thanks #tbone

Hi, Is there anybody out there who can help me. Im not exactly what you could call a whizz kid when it comes to computers,(typical woman) but I do my best, anyway, here's my problem: Ive been trying to install xp on my PC. Ive formatted my HDD, so its …

Hello Guys and Gals .I trying to install a new never used 52x CDRW in a older P166 with 64 megs of Simm ram and a Asus Motherboard ,Problem begins when i put a cd in the Drive ,it sees all files as Audio files .Nero ,doesent see it as …

well i posted up a thread before about the cables well ill post one up again except ill try to reword it because i was tired when it was posted. I was wondering if its safe to connect pieces of hardware to any 4 pin connector. Because it seems that …

One of my friends has a sony pcv-rx series computer, and he wants to buy a new power supply for it, he was wondering what it uses, atx, or does he need to buy a power supply from sony. I searched the web for it, but no luck. anyone have …

Okay, so I bought a SCSI hard drive for an old system, I got it, and it turned out not to be Ultra Wide like they said it would be, but it was Ultra 160LVD. Now, this isn't a problem, because I've got a terminator and everything to make it …

This is driving me nutz...I just loaded the appropriate drivers for my mouse and everything seemed fine. Rebooted the comp and then BAM! Dead...keyboard is dead and so is the mouse. No communication. I am trying to get pass the login screen with my users but I can't even get …

My Dell 4300s suddenly won't boot past the dell logo. I discovered that after removing both the keyboard and the mouse, the computer booted up fine. When I plugged in the mouse and keyboard they did not work. I turned it off, removed the keyboard and mouse and it booted …

hi readers. there's something called > IEEE1394 < in my device manager. and on the back of my sound card (creative sound blaster audigy) there is a port with > SB1394 < next to it. this is obviously what IEEE1394 is rite?... anyway, i just wanted to know what it …

I heard some people talk in a different thread about PCI-e and I wanted to step in and ask what it was, but I didn't want to hijack the thread. So my question is ... what is PCI-e? I've never heard of it before. I have heard of PCI-X though. …